Manifolding machine



Patented Jan. 10, 1928.

UNITED STATES JOHN Q. SHERMAN, F DAYTON, OHIO.

MANIFQLDING MACHINE.

Applicatipn'fnea August 7, 1922. serial No. 580,033.

autographic registers) and. formed of cross bars or rollers, resiliently held byl mea`ns of spring housings for the roller pintles.

It is the object of my invention to provide an autographic register or other manifolder with pin wheel type of feed and to employ the lid of the machine as the direct means for keeping the paper down on the pins and for clamping the paper tightly while not being fed. -It is also my object to cut down the width of the mechanism at the feeding end of the machine and thereby. save in the necessary length of paper, as printed up in forms for use in manifolding registers'. i

Generally it is` my object to cut down the expense of construction and shorten the necessary length of individual forms in -manifolding registers of the type noted, while preserving all of the necessary features in` connection with' proper feeding of webs of paper in perfect alignment.

These objects I accomplish by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specicallypointed out and claimed. l I

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a detail side elevation of a register constructed according to my invention in a preferred embodiment thereof.

Figure 2 is a top plan view ofthe parts shown in Figure k1. u

Figure 3 is a detail section taken on the line 3-3of Figure 2, but showing a ball device in place of asmall roller.V

Figure I if a detail vertical section taken Vthrough the center of one of the cams and pin wheels.

Referring to the machine generally I show a frame having sides 2 and 3, and a writing 50 table or platen 5. This writing table has idler rolls 4 therein, over which webs of paper 1 are drawn from suitable rolls 1a held in the side frames and from which rollers the paper is laid over the writing table.

The pin wheels 6 having pins 6 are the type of pin feed. selected for purposes of wheels, .tending over th-e outer end of the writing illustration of my invention, although I wish t0 include all equivalent pin feeding structures as within` the scope of my invention. The paper is arranged in registry `over the writing table with the marginal apertures 6" thereof engaging over the pins. The writing table is slotted at its end for clearance of the pins, as indicated at 5a and any suitable device for retaining carbon paper interleaved between the paper forms may be employed. The writing table extends over the pin wheels and across between them to serve as a paper support.

The p in wheels are preferably two in number, although this is not an absolute essential and are arranged on a shaft which is rotated by the handle 10.

The handle 10 is controlled by any desired form of stop 9, which limits the motion'to individual complete rotations of the pin Y wheels for each release of thestop.

The lid 7 of the machine is mounted thereon in any desired way, preferably by hing- 'infr it at the inner end (not shown) and this licI is cut away as usual to expose a portion of the writing table vto permit of making entries on the topmost form imposed thereon.

At a point adjacent the top of the pin wheels the lid is formed with a cross bar 7, which has a. knife or tearing edge 8, said edge being adjacent the Itop of the pin and the balance of the cross bar eX- table.

At its under side this cross bar is formed with a thickened portion 7b, which contacts with the paper on the writing table when. the lid is pulled clear down. This pulling down is accomplished by means of hooks 14 slidingly held on screws in the sides of the machine and energized by springs 15.

, The thickened portion of the cross bar is concave as at 79 for clearance of the pins. In the corners of the lid are mounted two small rollers 11, which rollers are held in place in one embodiment by small straps secured on the under side of the lid.

kOn the pin wheel shaft are cams 12, which have notches therein, as at 11, and the rollers ride on these cams and drop into the notches, when'the feed handle has come up against the stop 9.

Instead of rollers the under side of the lid at `the corners could be formed into cups 20 into which balls 21 are dropped, these balls serving otherwise in place of the rollers.

. the usual pin wheely feed register,

In ``operation, after theforms 'havebeen set up, as above described, the lid is lowered over the writing table until the hooks 14 snap over the tongues 14" on the corners of the lid. The rollers or balls will at this time come down in the notches in the cams and the lid will clamp the paper on the Writing table. y

The operator after making an entry on' the topmost web on the nWriting table re'- leases the handle stop and revolves the handle. As soon as the pin wheel shaft starts its movement, the lid is elevated by means of the rollers or balls and the cams, this elevation being resisted-by the springs on the hooks. The `paperI is then fed along loosely in engagement with the pins and held in such engagement by the lid.y

Since the Webs are led out over the writing table, n o additional stripper is necessary, and when the feed has been completed and the paper again clamped on the table by the cross bar of the lid, the operator may tear off the issued forms against the knife edge 8.

It is apparent that the distance from the Aouter end of the writing table exposure to the tear-off knife is ,radically reduced over which permits of cutting down the size of theheading on each form, and thus saving a very large amount of paper, considering the quantities that are used. l

There isno pressure roll box or other eX- pensive structure. secured on the lid, and no grooved pressure roll. The assembly cost of such a machine is much reduced land -as a manufacturing proposition it is much simplified over the usual register of this type. The lid with its securing dogs is used in the present machine, but by making the lid itself movable. and bringing inwardly of the tear-off knife in consequence of this mode of operation, I make savings both in machine construction and paper cost.

Having thus ,described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters' Patent, is

j1. In a manifolding machine, the combination with a frame, cfa paper support thereon and a lid movably mounted Wlth rel llation to the support, movable pin means in y means connectedv said machine for over the paper support, -means for retaining said lid down against the paper support, and

with the pin means for elevating the lid during the movementbf the pins. l

2. In a manifoldingmachine, the combination with movable pin feeding means for paper, of a paper support, a lid having an o penmg to expose the paper support, said lid adapted in one position to clamp the paper against the support, and in anotherv position to release the paper therefrom, and means for automatically controlling the lid .cross bar located above' feeding apertured paper y `ed on said frame,

, positions to' prevent a clamping position thereof while thepins are moving.

3. A lid device `for autographie manifolding machines, comprising a body cut away to expose paper which is to be written upon, having at the issue end of the machine an integrally formed paper clamp, and means for automatically elevating said lid a small distance. a

4. A lid device for autographic manifolding machines, comprising a body cut away to expose paper` which is to be written. upon and formed at the issueend of with an integral cross bar to serve as a paper clamp against the paper, and means for resiliently holding said lid and for automatically elevating it through a small distance.

5. In a manifoldingl machine, paper support thereon, a lid thereon adapted to be moved to position over the paper support, said lid having an opening to eX- pose said support, and movable pin feeding means in said frame, a cross har on the lid adjacent the feeding means ladapted to clamp against the paper support, and means connected to the 'pin` feeding means to elevate the lid so as to bringsaid bar away from clamping position.

6. In a manifolding machine, thecombia paper support thereon,

of a lidmovably mounted on said frame,

said lid having a the support and formed with a thickened portion adapted to come down against the support as a clamp and means connected with the feeding device to control the position of the lid land hence of the clamp.

nation with a frame, a feeding device and nation with a frame, feeding device and paper support thereon, a lid movably mountsaid lid having a cross the support and formed with a thickened portion adapted to come down against the support as a clamp and means connected with the feeding device to control the position of the lid and hence of the clamp, said feeding device and control bar located above .means comprising pin wheels adapted to engage apertures in the paper and cams adapted to control the lid position, said lid having anti-friction means resting on said cams,

the machine a frame, a`

7. In a manifolding machine, the :combilut) llt)

and the cams having depressions located so as to permit va lowering of the lid and cross bar at the end of individual feeding movements of the pin wheels.

9. In a manifclding machine, a frame, a paper support, a lid movably mounted on the frame above the support, pin wheel feeding devices, means integral with the lid to serve as a paper clamp against the support, and means connected with the pin wheel devices to raise and lower the lid, thereby releasing and applying 'said clamp means.

10. vlin a manifolding machine, a frame, a paper support, a lid movably mounted on the frame above the supportpin wheel feedingdeviccs, means integral with the lid to serve as a paper clamp against the support, and means connected with the pin Wheel devices to raise and lower the lid, thereby releasing and applying said clamp means, said means comprising rotary members having depressions therein, anti-'friction means on the lid bearing on said rotary members, and resilient means for holding the lid down against the support.

ll. A. lid device for autographic maniioldingv machines, comprising a body cut away to expose paper which is to be written upon and formed at the issue end of the machine With an integral cross bar to serve as a paper clamp against the paper, and anti- Jfriction rolling means positioned at the ends ot' the cross bar, butv not extending across the path of the paper :tor resting against a lid locating device.

12. A lid device for autographic mani- -folding machines, comprisinga body cut away to exposepaper which is to be written upon and formed at the issue end of the machine with an integral cross bar to serve A as a paper clamp against the paper, and spring hooks adapted to be mounted on such a machine and engaging the lid, for resiliently holding said lid. y

` 13. A lid device for autographic maniolding machines, comprising a body cut away to expose paper which is to be written upon and formed at the issue end of the machine with an integral cross bar to serve as a paper clamp against the paper, and spring hooks adapted to be mounted on such a machine and engaging the lid, for resiliently holding said lid, anti-friction rolling means at the ends of the said cross bar, said means not extending across the path of the paper for resting against a lid locating device.

JOHN Q. SHERMAN. 

